Session 179:
The longitudinal study of health
Chair: Viviana Egidi, Università di Roma "La Sapienza"
The returns of longitudinal information on the elderly: a micro simulation model to estimate errors in cross-sectional estimates of disability-adjusted life expectancy • Mercedes Ayuso, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona ; Montserrat Guillén, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona ; Malena Monteverde, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Orphan hood and health outcomes in Africa • Kathleen Beegle, World Bank Group ; Phare Mujinja, Muhimbili University College of Health Sciences ; Joachim De Weerdt, Economic Development Initiatives (EDI)
A chain graph model of inter-relationships among socio-demographic, societal and behavioural factors that affect health over the life course • Fernando Rajulton, University of Western Ontario ; Jianlin Niu, University of Western Ontario
Transition into care need in Germany 1991-2003 • Uta Ziegler, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
The role of ill-health as a precursor of unemployment in France • Florence Jusot, Institut de Recherche et Documentation en Economie de la Santé (IRDES) ; Myriam Khlat, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED) ; Thierry Rochereau ; Catherine Sermet
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